"Your Highness is too kind. This old servant is someone who serves the Dowager Consort and is not a bad person." Granny Wang took an animal skin cover and forcibly put it on Ji Fengyao's hand, then shoved a scalding hot teacup from the tray into her hand.
The scalding heat in her palms made Ji Fengyao gasp, but her hands were bound by animal hides and she couldn't break free. The teacup in her hand was also fixed in place, so she probably couldn't shake it off. Moreover, if she moved around and the water in the teacup spilled, the boiling water would scald her skin directly through the animal hide, causing even more serious injury!
This animal hide sheath is truly insidious; it's no wonder it's a torture device used in the deep palace—it's both torturous and inconspicuous.
Just as Ji Fengyao was about to activate the extreme fire to absorb the heat of the tea in her palm, she suddenly heard Mian Shuang outside cry out loudly, "Your Highness, you've finally arrived! Please go and save the Princess!"
Shang Xiye saw that Lin Shuang, with her hair disheveled, was being forced to stand in the courtyard to be exposed to the scorching sun. The usually composed maid was crying so frantically, which must mean that the little bandit had suffered.
His heart sank, and a murderous aura instantly emanated from his body. He then turned his wheelchair and walked into the house.
Upon seeing this, the two palace maids guarding the gate quickly stepped forward to stop him:
"Your Highness, please wait a moment."
"Your Highness, this servant will go and report to you immediately!"
"roll!"
Shang Xiye slapped the two palace maids into the room with one palm, then slammed his palms on the ground, and his wheelchair followed him into the room.
Looking up, the little bandit was surrounded by a group of palace maids and Granny Wang. Her clothes and hairpins were still neat, but her hands were covered by a dark animal skin cover, and she was holding a teacup in her hands.
Upon seeing Shang Xiye enter, Ji Fengyao felt a lump in her throat for some reason, and with a pout, she called out in a coquettish and aggrieved tone, "Your Highness."
That delicate, kitten-like tone at the end of her voice stung Shang Xiye's heart like a needle, making her feel a pang of heartache.
Shang Xiye slammed his palm on the ground again, sending himself and his chair flying to the front. He knocked over the group of palace maids and Granny Wang, took the scalding teacup from Ji Fengyao's hand, and smashed it on the ground, scattering tea and broken porcelain everywhere.
"What is the Ninth Prince doing?" Consort Xiao's voice was cold and her face was gloomy.
"I'd like to ask the Dowager Consort what she's doing!"
Shang Xiye untied the animal skin gloves from Ji Fengyao's hands and saw that her delicate little hands were already red from the burns. Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at him, looking utterly pitiful and begging for his protection. In all the time he had known her, apart from that time with the snake tide on the rainy night, he had never seen her look so aggrieved and helpless.
In front of Consort Xiao and everyone in the room, Shang Xiye picked up the little bandit girl from the ground and put her into his arms.
Ji Fengyao had lived several lifetimes, and apart from the time she was captured by the Black Dragon, she had never suffered such humiliation. The feeling of being able to instantly kill an enemy, yet being unable to and forced to endure it, was truly frustrating.
She held up her little, red, scalded hands, trying to hold back the tears welling up in her eyes. Shang Xiye's embrace reminded her of her loving master, and she nestled her face sweetly into his chest.
Her master always loved her the most.
Seeing Ji Fengyao's coquettish manner, Consort Xiao sneered inwardly, thinking that this bandit was also a vixen: "Does the Ninth Prince know what she's doing in the manor? I'm teaching her manners so that she won't cause a disaster and lose her life, thus implicating the manor!"
"I will personally train my people. If they cause trouble because I can't train them properly, I will take full responsibility." Shang Xiye coldly glanced at the palace maids in the room. "Only I can touch my people. Guards, anyone who has touched the Princess today, drag them out and cut off their hands!"
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